Chapter 1: Pirates
South Pacific, southeast of the Philippines and the high seas of Indonesia.
An ocean-going longline fishing boat with a red flag was desperately rushing into the water with the maximum water power of the two water cannons on board, and everyone had panic on their faces.
Although the six fishing boats are small, on each boat, there are more than a dozen thin South Asian fishermen, all with crazy malice on their faces.
The guns rang out constantly, and although the rear-loading guns of the Second World War era were much worse than regular weapons, they were difficult to resist for the defenseless Chinese fishermen.
However, these fishermen who turned into pirates were not willing to kill people unless they had to, and they shot into the sky to intimidate everyone.
Although this kind of distant-water fishing vessel is much larger, its economic speed is only 15 nautical miles, and its ultimate speed is only 22 nautical miles.
In contrast, small fishing boats can reach speeds of up to 25 nautical miles, so they can't get rid of it for the time being.
In the cockpit, the driver, Zhou Youjin, kept switching long- and short-wave radios, trying to contact the surrounding coast guards, but it was too remote to play any role at all.
Inside the radio, there was only the sound of stabbing and lala, and there was no response.
Zhou Zhen had a maritime satellite phone in his hand, and the Indonesian police he contacted were not willing to come to the sea area 200 kilometers away from their northern Maluku Islands to enforce the law.
When I called the Philippine Coast Guard again, the other party ignored them, and the same is true for the country of New Guinea, which cannot be counted on on the high seas.
As for the Solomon Islands, which are not too far away, it is even more impossible to count on.
Zhou Zhen hatefully threw the satellite phone in front of Zhou Youjin. "Uncle Jin, you call the country to see if there are any ships of our country around, it seems that it is not possible to work hard!"
By Zhou Zhen's side, translator Zhou Yougen trembled. "Xiao Zhen, surrender, as long as they don't resist, they, the fishermen-turned-pirates, will not kill."
Zhou Zhen glanced back at Zhou Yougen, who was usually the most stubborn to himself, and his cold face showed a trace of disdain. "Uncle Yougen, the boat is not yours, so you don't feel distressed!
This is a ship of 20 million! For this ship, my family is still burdened with tens of millions of debts! The ship was snatched away, and there was nothing left! ”
"My life is gone, but can the ship be saved?"
"I don't know who wins and who loses!" Zhou Zhen ignored him, rushed to the port side of the boat, and shouted at a strong man who controlled a water gun on the belly of the boat: "Zhou Tai, come up." ”
Zhou Tai, who was controlling the water gun, didn't hear Zhou Zhen's words, and was slapped by the people around him before turning his head to look. "Brother Zhen!"
Zhou Zhen said loudly: "Come up and get a gun!" ”
Before he could finish speaking, a bullet hit the glass of the cockpit, which was not bulletproof, and the bullet came in, leaving a small hole in the glass, and the whole glass became a spider web.
Thankfully, the bullet didn't hit the person and bounced off the bridge, leaving a deformed bullet residue.
Zhou Yougen, who was taken aback, sat on the ground, his body shaking like a sieve.
Zhou Youjin scolded: "You are a frustrated goods, get away from Lao Tzu, I feel bad luck when I see you." ”
Zhou Zhen didn't have time to care about the two old brothers, so he quickly ran to the captain's room behind the control room, opened a camera obscura on the lower edge of the bed, and pulled out two shotguns and two boxes of ammunition from the reserved camera obscura of the hull.
These are two Remington M870 shotguns, not new guns, they are old guns exchanged between Zhou Zhen's father Zhou Youjian and Chilean fishing boats the year before last.
Although it is an old gun, Remington is known for its reliable performance, Zhou Zhen has a few shots every three or five times, beware of the liver baby preservation, these two guns are not badly protected.
On the ship, Zhou Zhen has two most trusted brothers, one is the chief engineer's cousin Zhou Di, and the other is the second officer, cousin Zhou Tai.
Compared with Zhou Di, who is married and much more stable, he is not married yet, and Zhou Tai, who has a wild temperament, is a more reliable thug, and these two guns are also the two of them play the most.
Zhou Tai's face was not afraid, but with joy, he quickly ran in. "Brother Zhen, give me a gun, and I'll help you guard the port side."
Zhou Zhen's cold face showed a hint of ruthlessness. "Dare to kill, right?"
Zhou Taitian, who is less than twenty years old, is not afraid of the ground. "If you don't kill, you will be killed, why don't you dare!"
Zhou Zhen nodded, filled the gun with seven bullets, and handed him a gun. "Aim and shoot, be careful not to get hurt."
He nodded and excitedly took the gun.
A box of forty-eight rounds, one box for two people and one for each person. "I'm right, you're left, let these South Asian monkeys know how good we are."
Zhou Tai nodded, turned around with his gun and left, and was pulled by Zhou Zhen again. "When I get home, I'll take you to South Korea for a walk, arrange two escorts for you, and you will give me a good life."
Zhou Tai laughed. "Okay, two!"
Zhou Youjin, who was in front of the rudder, said with a slanderous smile: "Xiao Zhen, I just need one bone in my body." ”
Zhou Zhen nodded seriously. "As long as you can escape safely, as many as you want."
There are more than 30 crew members on board, even if they go to Jeju Island to arrange an escort for each person, the total is only tens of thousands of dollars.
As long as you can escape safely, it is nothing compared to a ship worth 20 million.
Zhou Zhen came to the side of the second deck with his gun, and looked at the pirate fishing boats that had gathered over, with a hint of coldness on his face.
Southeast Asia is the region with the largest number of pirates, and although they are not as vicious as Somali pirates, they are more numerous.
Most of the time, they are fishermen who keep to themselves, but when the opportunity arises, they become pirates.
Zhou Zhen went home from Nantai this time, and in order to save a little fuel money, he took the route closer to the island of New Guinea.
Unexpectedly, I really encountered these pirates incarnated by fishermen.
However, now is not the time to regret it, these fishermen have become pirates are not very difficult to deal with, as long as they do not take advantage, they will retreat.
The fear now is that they have more guns on board, which will cause casualties.
However, for Zhou Zhen, even if a few people die and lose millions, it is better than the result of the ship being robbed.
This ship was also saddled with tens of millions of debts and was robbed, and their family is going to make a big deal this time.
The western Pacific Ocean, located within the fifth parallel of the equator, is not stormy and stormy, and these pirates equipped their ships with a high-powered diesel engine to run faster than their ships.
If you just want to run, you can't get rid of these fishing boats.
The main problem is to control the speed of the ship and sway from side to side, so that the small fishing boat cannot get close.
Then hold the middle of the lowest hull on the side of the boat so that the other party cannot board the boat.
As long as the other party can't get on the boat to prevent the other party from clogging the propeller, when it gets dark, they can only leave in a hurry.
Zhou Zhen came to the upper deck, about seven or eight meters above the sea, and lay on the side of the ship to observe the enemy situation.
There were three boats on the starboard side, and their boats were so small that they did not dare to get too close or follow behind, so they could only approach slowly from the side.
But there are water cannons against them, and for a while, they can't do anything.
They could only use gunfire to deter Zhou Zhen and their ship, but the more than 30 seafarers on this ship, half of whom were relatives of Zhou Zhen's family, were convinced of Zhou Zhen, so there was no discord.
Their ocean-going fishing boat was several meters higher than the small fishing boat, and as long as they did not surrender, the other side would not be able to rely on it except to attack without their lives and kill a few people.
Zhou Youjin drove the boat and kept taking the S route, and the other party didn't dare to get too close.
Zhou Zhen has not yet chosen the target to shoot, and Zhou Tai on the other side has already shot.
Hearing the different gunshots, the pirates on the deck of the pirate fishing ship, who were still shouting and threatening everyone, were stunned for a moment, and retreated back to the cabin in a panic.
It seems that they don't have much courage!
Zhou Zhen didn't have time to think about it, raised the gun in his hand, and fired a shot at the nearest boat, a middle-aged man who was about to raise his gun to shoot.
However, at a distance of 20 meters, this shotgun is more powerful than a rifle.
Zhou Zhen saw with his own eyes that the other party's chest was dented by the whole beating, and blood spurted out.
The gunfire of the other party immediately intensified, and the crew members who were originally holding harpoons in the belly of the ship hurriedly lowered their bodies and hid behind the side of the ship, shivering one by one.
Only Zhou Di lowered his body, still spraying water jets with water cannons.
The first shot was fired, and the beast in Zhou Zhen's heart seemed to be released, and he shot at the pirates with guns in his hands continuously, and the trace of fear in his heart had long been gone.
With seven shots in a row, the recoil made Zhou Zhen's upper body a little numb, and the pirates on the small fishing boat all hid in the cabin, not daring to show it again.
But the dense gunfire fired at the cockpit, breaking almost all the glass in the cockpit.
Zhou Youjin squatted in front of the rudder, making phone calls while adjusting the course back and forth.
There are no roads on the sea, there are roads everywhere, the seabed here is relatively deep, far from the archipelago, and there is no fear of hitting the reef at all.
He didn't dare to keep walking in a straight line, because in this case, it would be easy for the other party to board the ship.
Zhou Zhen filled the gun with bullets again, he didn't dare to shoot all the time, there were only less than a hundred rounds of ammunition in total, and there were still six or seven hours until dark, so he had to save it.
At this moment, he suddenly felt as if he had been pushed hard, and his head hit the steel plate on the side of the ship.
There was a sharp pain, and I was a little dazed.
There was no one around, and when he saw the blood coming out of his right shoulder, he realized that he had been shot.
Unfortunately, it was a stray bullet that bounced back, hit the right arm, and tore a large piece of flesh.
Because it hurt so much, I was numb for a while.
He struggled to get up, but the blood on his forehead blocked the view of his left eye, and just as he was about to wipe it, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his left eye, and then his eyes glowed golden......
When he was a child, because his eyes were knocked on the door frame, he once experienced the feeling of gold stars in his eyes, but his eyes were golden......
The golden light turned from a curtain of light into a sphere, like a small sun, and then kept shrinking until finally, swishing into his eyeballs.
Then, he felt that his soul and body were pulled together by the orb, and entered an inexplicable world.